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A SAR cruiser of the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service. Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search is conducted over.
Search and rescue in the United States. Search and rescue in the United States involves a wide range of organizations that have search and rescue responsibilities. In January 2008, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the National Response Framework (NRF) which serves as the guiding document for a federal response ...
A search-and-rescue (SAR) dog is a dog trained to respond to crime scenes, accidents, missing persons events, as well as natural or man-made disasters. [ 1 ] These dogs detect human scent, which is a distinct odor of skin flakes and water and oil secretions unique to each person [ 1 ][ 2 ] and have been known to find people under water, snow ...
During Bretagne’s 11 years of service as a Live-Find Canine Search Specialist, she also worked at the disaster sites of Hurricanes Erica, Ivan, Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Ernesto, Dean and Gustav ...
A FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force (US&R Task Force) is a team of individuals specializing in urban search and rescue, disaster recovery, and emergency triage and medicine. The teams are deployed to emergency and disaster sites within six hours of notification.
Urban search and rescue. Urban search and rescue (abbreviated as USAR[1] or US&R[2]) is a type of technical rescue operation that involves the location, extrication, and initial medical stabilization of victims trapped in an urban area, namely structural collapse due to natural disasters, war, terrorism or accidents, mines and collapsed trenches.
Combat search and rescue. An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter comes in for a landing during a combat rescue training exercise. Combat search and rescue (CSAR) are search and rescue operations that are carried out during war that are within or near combat zones. [1][unreliable source?] A CSAR mission may be carried out by a task force of helicopters ...
National Search and Rescue Plan. The National Search and Rescue Plan or National SAR Plan is a policy document of the US government that establishes the responsibilities for search and rescue in the domestic United States, as well as areas where the US has international commitments. [1]